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raymondj(at)frontiernet.n
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Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 7:24 am Post subject: Cad programs

Thanks to all who commented my CAD search.  I looked at many of the 

solid modeling programs and there is just no quick and easy way to get 

up and running, so I guess I'll just commit to BRL CAD and start 

applying myself.  My choice of BRL is in large part driven by my hope 

that it will play nice with EMC for CNC work.



I think for the drawings needed to design the wiring for an airplane 

Bob's selection of TurboCad is the best bang for the $time$ investment.



Here are some of the programs I looked at:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/free-cad/

http://sketchup.google.com/intl/en/index.html

http://brlcad.org/

http://www.salome-platform.org/

And of course TurboCad



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jimw_btg(at)earthlink.net
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Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 1:54 pm Post subject: Cad programs

RAY,



 I understand your position but anytime you go to a Software company's

website and they are asking for volunteers to help debug their products???  



If you looking to design parts to have machined or plasma cut, the main

concern you should have is the Post Processing what CNC are your suppliers

using and what CAD systems do they have Post Processing tools for.  My

thinking is I am building a plane not debugging software.  Take Care happy

building.



Jim Wickert

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Cell 920-912-1014



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raymondj(at)frontiernet.n
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Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 2:19 pm Post subject: Cad programs

Jim,



I'm doing the CAD and CNC as a hobby so I have a little more willingness 

to accept being a user/debugger.



I'll probably use TurboCad for all my wiring drawings.



do not archive



Raymond Julian

Kettle River, MN



"And you know that I could have me a million more friends,

and all I'd have to lose is my point of view." - John Prine



On 05/01/2011 04:50 PM, Jim Wickert wrote:

[quote] 



 RAY,



   I understand your position but anytime you go to a Software company's

 website and they are asking for volunteers to help debug their products???



 If you looking to design parts to have machined or plasma cut, the main

 concern you should have is the Post Processing what CNC are your suppliers

 using and what CAD systems do they have Post Processing tools for.  My

 thinking is I am building a plane not debugging software.  Take Care happy

 building.



 Jim Wickert

 Tel 920-467-0219

 Cell 920-912-1014



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Eric M. Jones

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 565
Location: Massachusetts

Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 4:43 am Post subject: Re: Cad programs

Turbocad is a good way to go. I think it hooks to a CadCam package too for CNC.



A word on learning software--don't throw away the manual, but don't read it either. Instead, start drawing something you want, and refer to the manual when you need to.



When you've advanced (with some struggling) just a little way, you can sit down with the manual and try each and every basic function on screen. 



I have found it instructive for newcomers to invent every way to draw a circle. Keep them as a collection on a separate drawing.



PS: I use DesignCad, but if they vanish, I'd use TurboCad. BRLCad looks neat, but not for newcomers. If cost were not an issue, Solidworks might be what I'd use.

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